Anernurse2b

Anernurse2b has 1 years experience and specializes in Neuro/Ortho/Med-Surg ICU.

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1. Funniest real orders you have seen in a chart?

   Anernurse2b replied to nilepoc's topic in Humor

   Had an order the other night for a patient with an unstable cervical spine - "NO COUGHING". Right under propofol for light sedation. And the patient was on the vent.... The doc was serious but its an order hard to carry out without Nimbex or someth...

2. Funniest real orders you have seen in a chart?

   Anernurse2b replied to nilepoc's topic in Humor

   We actually have an ICU protocol now called a "Sedation Vacation". It has to be ordered by a doc and has guidelines. Allows for neuro and respiratory assessments, etc. Some patients appreciate it; and I guess the evidence supports it decreases vent t...

3. Got any funny acronyms at your ER???

   Anernurse2b replied to RNin92's topic in Emergency

   Disclaimer: DO NOT attempt to use any of these terms in medical documentation. QA/QI and medical directors usually frown upon it. *Hyperlisteremia: *n. Condition in which unresponsive patient suffers from excessive amounts of ETOH on board in the ...

4. Admitting Diagnosis

   Anernurse2b replied to mir4777's topic in Humor

   One of the EMTs helping in triage typed "elevated billy rubin" on a 2 day old. Its been his nickname ever since!

5. Share your mnemonics and tricks

   Anernurse2b replied to Teachchildren123's topic in Humor

   Some new vocabulary here as well! Disclaimer: DO NOT attempt to use any of these terms in medical documentation. QA/QI and medical directors usually frown upon it. *Hyperlisteremia: *n. Condition in which unresponsive patient suffers from excess...

6. Things Patients Have Taught Me NOT To Do

   Anernurse2b replied to Trixxy's topic in Humor

   I actually overheard this at IHOP with my teenagers after my 3-11 shift: (Said patrons were, um, intoxicated) "Hey, man... my ex girlfriend hooked us up for Mardi Gras a few years ago with these catheters and leg bags - so we could drink and piss an...

7. Things Patients Have Taught Me NOT To Do

   Anernurse2b replied to Trixxy's topic in Humor

   Not a good idea to 'forget' to tell the (ER) nurse that the funeral home picked up her patient while she was gone for a few minutes. Said nurse then walks into the room and emits a primoral scream when you sit up and throw back the sheet and yell 'su...

8. Things Patients Have Taught Me NOT To Do

   Anernurse2b replied to Trixxy's topic in Humor

   Don't keep breaking your promise to help your 84 yr old widowed mom trim her hedges. When she takes the 'small' chain saw to 'touch up underneath so the dog can get to the fence' and the chain nicks said chain link fence, (it was loose anyway - the ...

9. Share your mnemonics and tricks

   Anernurse2b replied to Teachchildren123's topic in Humor

   Get Out of My E. R. (although usually it is used lovingly for the elderly)

10. "You know you are an ER Nurse when..."

    Anernurse2b replied to Divern808's topic in Emergency

    you know you're an ER nurse when: ... you get excited for patients that their wait time after triage is less than 4 hours.... ... the tooth to tattoo ratio exceeds the shoe size ... when the little old gomer w/brady (crash cart in room) says his ears...

11. Share your mnemonics and tricks

    Anernurse2b replied to Teachchildren123's topic in Humor

    There are actually 2 memory notebooks of nursing now. I use both extensively. I graduate in May. At 44, you are never to old to be a nurse.. right! I am not CTD yet!

12. Charting Bloopers

    Anernurse2b replied to AHarri66's topic in Humor

    We had a 3-4 day old brought into triage with jaundice. The pediatrician had the parents bring the child to be evaluated for elevated bilirubin. The EMT triaging wrote for chief complaint: "High Billy Rubin" Guess what his nick name was for a lon...

13. ER Pet Peeves

    Anernurse2b replied to ERERER's topic in Emergency

    Those 'calls for information'.... one night shift employee actually had the guts to say this (had worked there 15+ years). Caller: "I have a _______ (fill in the blank - rash, lump, etc). Can you tell me what it is? Triage: "Why don't you hold the ...

14. "You know you are an ER Nurse when..."

    Anernurse2b replied to Divern808's topic in Emergency

    ...You hear someone referring to "GOMER PYLE" and you do NOT think of the tv character, you think 'code brown'. ....you plan your days off around the full moon.

15. Got any funny acronyms at your ER???

    Anernurse2b replied to RNin92's topic in Emergency

    I would also like a copy of the 'list'. When I first started as a clerk in the ER 5 years ago, the slang by the medics/RNs was shocking to me as well. I graduate from nursing school in the spring, and agree with the postings... humor is the best. Am...